Re: [RFC] #define rwxr_xr_x 0755

[Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@insightbb.com>]

On Friday 28 July 2006 12:48, Josef Sipek wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 09:34:11AM -0700, Handle X wrote:
> > On 7/27/06, Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@gmx.de> wrote:
> > >On 2006.07.28 00:59:11 +0400, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > >> Every time I try to decipher S_I* combos I cry in pain. Often I just
> > >> refer to include/linux/stat.h defines to find out what mode it is
> > >> because numbers are actually quickier to understand.
> > >>
> > >> Compare and contrast:
> > >>
> > >>       0644 vs S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR vs rw_r__r__
> > >>
> > >> I'd say #2 really sucks.
> > >
> > >IMHO #3 sucks more, it's not as easy to spot when glossing over the
> > >code, the underscores make it quite ugly (think _r________) and it's
> > >less "greppable". If I know that there's something that sets S_ISUID, I
> > >can easily search for that, compare that to [_cpdbl]{1}[r_]{1}[w_]{1}s...
> > I agree with Steinbink. But how about having macros like,
> > S_I0700, S_I0070, S_I6444 ..etc. They combine visual appeal of octals,
> > easy to grep, easy to decipher ...etc.
> 
> Even better!
> 

So now tell me how is S_I0644 better than 0644? S_IRUGO et al at least hide
implementation details.

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Dmitry